Crude steel production

The figures below are in thousand tonnes.

(e) indicates estimated figures.

The 63 countries included in this table accounted for approximately 98% of total world crude steel production in 2012.

The 2012 table has been moved to this page: 2012 Steel production . Data for previous years is now available in PDF format from the statistics archive.

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Austria 672 631 640 694
Belgium 627 561 645 625 e
Bulgaria 43 41 42 40 e
Czech Republic 440 416 458 402
Finland 300 288 326 299
France 1,351 1,290 1,337 1,245
Germany 3,585 3,415 3,814 3,564
Greece 87 81 50 50 e
Hungary 78 37 59 56
Italy 1,835 2,123 2,201 2,115
Luxembourg 186 186 170 165 e
Netherlands 612 440 399 578
Poland 671 612 698 675 e
Slovakia 388 376 425 388
Slovenia 42 50 55 52
Spain 1,094 1,157 1,291 1,386
Sweden 371 339 391 395
United Kingdom 824 878 1,018 967
Other E.U. (27) (e) 386 e 361 e 383 e 370 e
European Union (27) 13,590 13,282 14,403 14,066
Bosnia-Herzegovina 61 55 70 63
Croatia 3 10 19 20 e
Macedonia 5 0 0 28
Norway 52 49 55 e 55 e
Serbia 0 0 0 0
Turkey 2,859 2,655 2,980 2,866
Other Europe 2,980 2,769 3,123 3,032
Byelorussia 226 203 232 225 e
Kazakhstan 198 225 292 285 e
Moldova 0 0 0 0 e
Russia 5,704 5,510 5,942 5,591
Ukraine 2,878 2,630 2,864 2,748
Uzbekistan 58 56 62 60 e
C.I.S. (6) 9,065 8,624 9,393 8,909
Canada 1,096 1,048 1,200 e 1,160 e
Cuba 20 21 22 20 e
El Salvador 8 8 8 8 e
Guatemala 26 27 27 25 e
Mexico 1,552 1,422 1,597 1,545 e
Trinidad and Tobago 59 53 35 52
United States 7,362 6,805 7,339 7,258
North America 10,122 9,384 10,228 10,068
Argentina 320 321 468 429
Brazil 2,822 2,629 2,894 2,965
Chile 141 111 96 95 e
Colombia 87 88 92 90 e
Ecuador 36 38 40 40 e
Paraguay 1 1 1 1 e
Peru 87 82 86 85 e
Uruguay 0 6 7 7 e
Venezuela 175 232 244 235 e
South America 3,669 3,508 3,928 3,947
Algeria 19 21 62 49
Egypt 638 530 537 532
Iran 1,111 1,199 1,215 1,264
Morocco 53 56 55 50
Qatar 197 179 201 188
Saudi Arabia 463 437 468 457
South Africa 570 e 515 e 570 e 550 e
Africa/Middle East 3,051 2,937 3,108 3,090
China 63,622 61,830 66,293 65,650
India 6,766 6,414 6,836 6,620 e
Japan 8,863 8,321 9,453 9,170
South Korea 5,932 4,979 5,667 5,497
Taiwan, China 1,717 1,490 1,650 e 1,600 e
Asia 86,900 83,033 89,899 88,537
Australia 408 391 387 399
New Zealand 83 66 78 68
Oceania 491 457 465 467
Total 63 countries 129,869 123,994 134,547 132,116